Cold Warm Sunset (Sunset, Saturday, 27 November 2010)

William Van Doren, COLD WARM SUNSET (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Cold air, warm color. Happens. In my experience the small pink clouds are often seen in cold weather.

Thanks for the Light (Sunset/Twilight, Thanksgiving, Thursday, 25 November 2010)

William Van Doren, THANKS FOR THE LIGHT (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Gathering (Sunset, Wednesday, 24 November 2010)

William Van Doren, GATHERING (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Gathering ... thinking of those who can’t be here.

One Last Move (Sunset, Tuesday, 23 November 2010)

William Van Doren, ONE LAST MOVE (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The sky had been going through variations all afternoon – in gray, silver, white, green and blue. Then, after sunset, this.

Early Dark (Sunset, Tuesday, 16 November 2010)

William Van Doren, EARLY DARK (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

The Sylphs (Sunset/Twilight, Friday, 12 November 2010)

William Van Doren, THE SYLPHS (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

Thanks to anyone who tried to see this website last night when it was at various times down or scrambled, and who has since returned.

I didn’t think I even knew what a sylph was until I saw this post-sunset sky and the title Les Sylphides popped into my head, and I had to look it up.

Sometimes the challenge in painting sunsets is not to overdo the color; but, honestly, more often the challenge is not to wind up ‘underdoing’ it.